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drm freight train

The system is particularly frightening because it looks so simple. There’s no 20-digit software key to type in, no dongle to attach to the printer port, no XP-style activation. (Is this what Bill Gates was thinking of when he said in his keynote that security needs to be easier to use?) The user interface is just a Thinkpad, albeit one of the new models with an integrated fingerprint sensor.

When someone tries to open a DRM-restricted document (in this case, a PDF file: break that DRM and go to jail), Lenovo software asks the user to swipe a finger across the sensor. My finger results in an access denied message; the Lenovo security guy’s finger opens the document.

The thing about the matter that bothers my self, is the fact that there would be a digital copy of my fingerprint stored somewhere on the hard drive. I never want to here the phrase, "your finger prints were found"(they can be replicated) or " dna doesn't lie" (but its has been planted before). I know, i know..... go find a tinfoil hat, it will improve the radio waves..........

My school has e-books for a bunch of courses, and they're all that Adobe DRM crap. Adobe calls them "Digital Editions", and they are cumbersome pieces of junk. They need to be authenticated, and, depending on the author, they even expire (can you imagine paying $80 for a "book" and it "expires"??)...

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides